An illegal National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp has been uncovered in Niger State by the state’s Command of the State Security Service (SSS), leading to the arrest of 34 fake corps members.
The illegal NYSC camp, allegedly ran by a suspect, Mr. Kelechukwu Osinomumu, was situated within the premise of Kinkin Primary School, opposite the Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, Minna.
Those who fell for the fake camp scam allegedly paid between N120,000 and N350,000..
The fake NYSC camp victims were mainly students of part-time programme of the University of Calabar Consultancy Services, Cross River State; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State; Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Ebonyi State; University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State; University of Technology and Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu State.
In a related development a military instructor at the Oyo State orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Iseyin., Lance Corporal Amaku Uwa, slumped and died on Monday, November 28.
The state coordinator, Mrs. Sekinatu Idowu who disclosed this while addressing the visiting Director General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen Nnamdi Okore-Affia.
“His body has immediately been transferred to the Nigerian Army, 2 Division, Odogbo Cantonment, Ibadan for necessary burial rites,” she stated.